[adrianN]

Unfortunately Ayurveda and TCM has little to scientific backing, at least as far as I know.

[jelliclesfarm]

Define ‘scientific backing’. Please.

[adrianN]

The type of research that goes into normal medical treatments before they become approved treatments. Studies that show safety and efficacy.

[jelliclesfarm]

Do you know where in the timeline of human history did ‘science’ appear?

Is boric acid protocol for BV transplanted vaginal microbiome be considered ‘science’?

(Nice. The downvoting begins. And I haven’t even started. What’s the point? You guys please continue to enjoy talking amongst yourselves about scientific ways to deal with vaginal pH.)

[adrianN]

Around the time of the enlightenment I'd say.

Please note that I'm not saying that Ayurveda or TMC doesn't contain things that work. I'm just saying that a lot of those things haven't seen any proper testing done, so we don't know whether they work better than a placebo, or even whether they are safe, and of the things we did test, few worked particularly well.

Boric acid for example has been studied and found to work okay: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21774671

[Gabriel_Martin]

I'm assuming they're using backing and validation interchangeably.